VGL Guide — Impact Mapping
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Impact Mapping
A strategic planning graph showing goals, actors, impacts, and deliverables.
Node types
Goal— strategic goal or objectiveActor— person or group who can produce impactImpact— behavioural change or outcomeDeliverable— product feature or capability
Edge types
goal_to_actor— Goal → Actoractor_to_impact— Actor → Impactimpact_to_deliverable— Impact → Deliverable
vgraph mobileApp: ImpactMapping "Mobile App Launch" {
node g1: Goal "Increase Revenue by 30%";
node a1: Actor "New Customers";
node a2: Actor "Existing Customers";
node i1: Impact "Make First Purchase";
node i2: Impact "Increase Purchase Frequency";
node i3: Impact "Upgrade to Premium";
node d1: Deliverable "Mobile App with Easy Checkout";
node d2: Deliverable "Push Notifications for Deals";
node d3: Deliverable "Loyalty Rewards Program";
node d4: Deliverable "Premium Features Bundle";
edge g1 -> a1: goal_to_actor;
edge g1 -> a2: goal_to_actor;
edge a1 -> i1: actor_to_impact;
edge a2 -> i2: actor_to_impact;
edge a2 -> i3: actor_to_impact;
edge i1 -> d1: impact_to_deliverable;
edge i2 -> d2: impact_to_deliverable;
edge i2 -> d3: impact_to_deliverable;
edge i3 -> d4: impact_to_deliverable;
}
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